eSports News, Live eSports On Twitch & Gaming Event News
ESL Gaming
This week marks the start of the Vip Adria group stage in CS:GO and League of Legends. Four teams in each game have been directly invited while four more have qualified through the grueling open qualifiers. Now all that remains is to determine the teams that will make it to the offline finals at Zagreb’s Reboot InfoGamer 2017 expo in November.… Read the rest
Red Bull eSports
Most teams have announced their rosters for the upcoming season and there’s been role and player swaps aplenty, but who looks best on paper?
As Newbee called “good game” in the final moments of this year’s The International, the Dota2 roster merry-go-round was already whirring.
The two at the top would dodge roster swaps in what is often a turbulent time for many, but in the hours after TI, whilst many players would like to kick back, relax and take a well earned holiday after a gruelling season, the fact of the matter is that most teams are being formed for the new season.
Blizzard Entertainment
The Heroes Global Championship (HGC) ANZ Season 4 finals are upon us. We are pleased to confirm that the Finals will be streamed live from ESL Studios Sydney at 11:00 a.m. AEST on September 30, 2017 / 6:00 p.m. PDT on September 29, 2017.
There will be $20,000 AUD on the line with the winning team heading to compete at the HGC finals at BlizzCon 2017.… Read the rest
Rice Digital and NGI are excited to announce that the all-time classic wrestling franchise has returned, and with the support of Spike Chunsoft, Fire Pro Wrestling World will be showcased at Revolution 2017, London’s premier fighting game tournament, on October 6-8, 2017!
Released on Steam Early Access in July, Fire Pro Wrestling World is the return of the cult-classic Fire Pro Wrestling series, renowned for its deep and hard-to-master gameplay, variety of action filled mode and unlimited customization potential.… Read the rest
Enrollment for the Brawlhalla Europe Regional Qualifier will close Friday, 22 September at 5:59am CEST. Champions thirsty for glory can sign up for free on Smash.gg. The first place winner will qualify for one of 32 spots in the second annual Brawlhalla World Championship Expo (BCX) and receive a flight to the United States and hotel accommodations to participate in the competition.… Read the rest
With a blockbuster lineup that includes both upcoming titles and established classics, Square Enix Collective is proud to announce it’s heading to EGX in Birmingham later this month with the event’s largest collection of indie games, all powered by AMD’s latest Ryzen™ and Radeon™ processers powering PCs from DELL.
Square Enix Collective’s booth – stand S40, located right near the entrance to the entire event – will feature a total of 10 games spread over a whopping 30-plus pods.… Read the rest
It has been a bit of a whirlwind year for HyperBrawl, we have been all over the world showcasing the game in various stages of development. Although the game is still only in pre-alpha, the feedback we have received so far has been fantastic and it really does inspire us to get back to the studio and make the best game possible.… Read the rest
Organisers of GameStart 2017, Southeast Asia’s Premier Game Convention, announced the first batch of key speakers for the inaugural SEA Summit Conference, which will be followed by the 2nd edition of the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) SEA awards ceremony.
The SEA Summit is a new B2B conference for the Southeast Asian game industry players and will be held in Pixel Building, Singapore, on 12 and 13 October 2017.… Read the rest
Finnish mobile game developer Critical Force and the world’s most known online retailer Amazon have started a collaboration. Critical Ops can be downloaded from the Amazon Appstore and it is also one of the featured mobile eSports games in the Amazon’s Mobile Masters Las Vegas (M2LV) event on October 14-15th.
Critical Ops mobile eSports game has now been downloaded for over 26 million times and it has over 860.000 daily gamers.… Read the rest
GAME has announced its BELONG Arena Clash is back for a third season, with registration open from next week at 15 BELONG arenas around the country.
Arena Clash Winter 17 gives gamers the opportunity to compete across three top titles: Overwatch, League of Legends and, new to the Arena Clash, Tekken 7*, and challenge the current champions the Portsmouth Pirates and the Manchester Swarm. … Read the rest
Rice Digital and NGI are delighted to reveal the new trailer for Revolution 2017. London’s premier fighting game tournament is only three weeks away, taking place at the Rocket Complex, supported by London Metropolitan University on October 6-8!
Tournaments
Over the course of three action packed days, Revolution 2017 will feature tournaments for many of the communities favorite fighting games, including:
Arc Revolution Cup EU Qualifiers
Serving as the Arc Revolution Cup EU qualifier for Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and BlazBlue Centralfiction, Revolution 2017 will offer players the opportunity to win a trip to Japan to represent Europe in a true den of beasts – Arc Revolution Cup at Toushinsai in Tokyo, on October 21, 2017.… Read the rest
As rAge prepares to celebrate 15 years of awesome gaming, technology, gadgets and all things geek, exhibitors and visitors are gearing up for a festival of fun like never before.
To celebrate #15yearsofawesome, rAge and NAG have added a little extra to the mix. There’s a massive prize giveaway (valued at over R100,000.00) for visitors to potentially win.… Read the rest
KAMAi MEDIA, an independent game development studio is excited to announce their game “Sonder.Episode ONE” (An interactive non-linear time loop) has been selected to showcase at the EGX Leftfield Collection at the 2017 EGX to be held in Birmingham, UK from the 21st to the 24th of September 2017.… Read the rest
Allied Esports, the world’s leading network of esports venues and content production facilities, has opened its second dedicated esports arena in China, the Allied Esports SEG Arena in Shenzhen. The new arena was built in partnership with e-commerce leader Shenzhen SEG, which will provide strategic support for Allied Esports’ Chinese properties across its network of e-commerce assets.… Read the rest
Twitch announced initial exhibitors, sponsors, and showcases at TwitchCon 2017. Attendees will be treated to a larger expo floor and expanded list of activities compared to last year with more than 180 participating game publishers, developers, and vendors. Click Here for a complete list.
TwitchCon’s 2017’s presenting sponsors include: